# Mehraz Hossain Rumman

> Python software engineer and AdTech backend engineer in Dhaka, Bangladesh (UTC+6, open to remote). Builds real-time bidding (OpenRTB) and ad-tracking backends with Django, Django REST Framework, FastAPI, Go, ClickHouse and MongoDB at Adfinix. Google Summer of Code 2025 contributor (IOOS, pyOBIS). Open-source contributor with merged PRs in Django, Django REST Framework, Celery, Kombu, Scrapy and DRF-extensions. Web scraping and automation developer. Competitive programmer in C++ (1,750+ problems solved on Codeforces). Online Python and programming tutor since 2022.

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## Quick facts
- Name: Mehraz Hossain Rumman (also: Mehraz Rumman)
- Current role: Software Engineer at Adfinix, Dhaka (since July 2024; Junior Software Engineer Jul 2024 to Jun 2025)
- Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh; works remote and hybrid
- Education: B.Sc. in Mathematics, Jagannath University, Dhaka (2019 to 2024, GPA 3.59 / 4.00)
- Experience: 4+ years building software
- Languages: Python, Go, SQL, C, C++, Fortran
- Contact: mehrazrumman@gmail.com
- Available for: backend / Python developer roles, AdTech engineering, web scraping and automation projects, Python tutoring and mentoring, open-source collaboration

## Work experience
- Adfinix, Software Engineer (Jul 2024 to present): built the Adsloft backend from scratch (SaaS tracking DSP/SSP clicks, impressions and views with real-time reports for advertisers and publishers) and the Aifinix backend (scalable APIs, auth, analytics pipelines). OpenRTB real-time bidding flows and a mock server to test DSP/SSP request-response interactions. CPM ads, frequency capping, rich media ads. End-to-end analytical dashboards. Upgraded the platform from Django 3.2 to 5.1. ClickHouse and MongoDB for high-volume event data. Slack automation bot. Next.js marketing site. Stack: Django, DRF, ClickHouse, MongoDB, Next.js, OpenRTB, Docker, Jenkins.
- Google Summer of Code 2025, Contributor at IOOS (May to Jul 2025): HTTP-level caching in the pyOBIS Python package with requests-cache, cross-platform cache paths, tests and docs, all merged upstream. Seagrass habitat analysis combining OBIS and GBIF data with One-Class SVM anomaly detection and Species Distribution Modeling. Keynote speaker and workshop instructor at Hacking Limnology 2025.
- Online Python Trainer, freelance (Nov 2022 to present): teaches Python from beginner to intermediate, debugging, data structures and algorithms, with weekly exams and coding challenges.
- TrendBreaker, Trainee Software Developer (Apr 2022 to May 2024): PyQt5 desktop app, React Native mobile app with a Django backend, data analysis.

## Projects
- [GoRTB](https://github.com/MehrazRumman/gortb): full OpenRTB 2.5 implementation in Go with type-safe bid request/response structs, recursive validation with sentinel errors and wire-format JSON. Standard library only.
- [fastapi-observer](https://github.com/MehrazRumman/fastapi-observer): structured logging and observability middleware for FastAPI with pluggable storage (memory, JSON, SQLite) and a built-in event dashboard. On PyPI as fastapi-inspector.
- [python-web-scraping-automation](https://github.com/MehrazRumman/python-web-scraping-automation): Python web scraping examples with requests + BeautifulSoup, Playwright and Scrapy, with tests and CI.
- CV Generator: browser-based CV, Europass, biodata and academic CV builder with 42 templates, live PDF preview, ATS-readable text and correct Bangla shaping (Next.js, react-pdf, Zod).
- Adsloft and Aifinix (Adfinix): AdTech SaaS backends for DSP/SSP tracking, real-time reporting and analytics.
- Seagrass Habitat Analysis and pyOBIS Workshop Notebook: marine ecological modeling with OBIS data (scikit-learn, xarray, SDM).
- KachaMorich: e-commerce app with payments, accounts and admin management (Django, React, PostgreSQL).
- DSP with Fast Fourier Transform: signal processing study in Python and NumPy.

## Web scraping and automation
- Car listings: scraped 3,700+ car listings with full specs and photos for a marketplace client, normalised and deduplicated.
- Fight results database: event, bout and fighter results from 7 sources across boxing, Muay Thai, kickboxing, bare-knuckle and jiu-jitsu, unified into one schema.
- Medicines catalogue: drug names, generics, manufacturers, dosage forms and prices from pharmacy and regulator sites.
- Tools: Python, Scrapy, Playwright, requests, BeautifulSoup, image pipelines, deduplication, Slack bots, workflow automation.

## Data analysis (Bangladesh public data)
- [Bangladesh Road Accidents 2021 to 2026](https://github.com/MehrazRumman/BD-Road-Accident): Road Safety Foundation and BRTA reports transcribed from scanned PDFs and analysed, with an interactive Bangla map of 64 districts and 215 accident-prone highway spots. Example finding: 7,359 road deaths in 2025, 36% on motorcycles.
- [Dengue in Bangladesh 2000 to 2026](https://github.com/MehrazRumman/dengue-analysis): DGHS surveillance, census and climate data combined into hotspot maps, case fatality rates, seasonality and temperature-lag correlations.

## Apps
- Strat Roulette (live on Google Play): random strategy generator for CS2, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, Overwatch and PUBG.
- In development: Becho (sales, inventory and customer toolkit for small businesses) and Nirbhor (medicine reminder app).

## Open source contributions
- Django REST Framework: 3 PRs merged (Django 6.0 support, ListSerializer unique-constraint validator fix, docs).
- Celery: bug fixes in canvas chains, result handling, Django integration and worker timers.
- Kombu: 3 PRs merged (Redis Sentinel compatibility, replacing deprecated ZREVRANGEBYSCORE).
- Scrapy: 3 PRs merged (test fixes and cleanup).
- DRF-extensions: 6 PRs merged.
- Django: patches; listed among first-time contributors in Django News.
- pyOBIS: HTTP caching feature through GSoC 2025.

## Competitive programming and awards
- [Codeforces](https://codeforces.com/profile/Izuku__Midoriya) (Izuku__Midoriya): 1,750+ problems solved, max rating Specialist (1425).
- [CodeChef](https://www.codechef.com/users/keai33) (keai33): 3 star, highest rating 1696, 45 rated contests.
- Also solves problems on LeetCode and HackerRank.
- Champion, Jagannath University Intra-University Programming Contest (solo, 2021)
- Champion, KYAU National Hackathon (Team Quantum Guys)
- Honourable Mention, ICPC Dhaka Regional 2021
- 11th, UITS Inter-University Programming Contest; 46th, CoU IUPC; 49th, BUET IUPC

## Teaching and mentoring
- Programming fundamentals for students in the United States.
- Competitive programming coaching (data structures, algorithms, contest strategy) for students in Bangladesh.
- AI consultancy for a product manager in the United States (where LLMs fit in a roadmap, scoping pilots, evaluating results).

## Talks and writing
- Keynote: pyOBIS and marine ecological modeling, Hacking Limnology 2025, with a hands-on Species Distribution Modeling workshop.
- [Medium articles](https://medium.com/@MehrazHossainRumman): Python, Django and DRF, system design, pyOBIS, GSoC.

## Skills
- Backend: Python, Django, Django REST Framework, FastAPI, Celery, Go, REST APIs, authentication
- AdTech: OpenRTB 2.5, real-time bidding, DSP/SSP, impression and click tracking, CPM, frequency capping, programmatic advertising
- Data: ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, pandas, NumPy, GeoPandas, xarray, matplotlib, seaborn, folium, Leaflet, Jupyter
- ML: scikit-learn, One-Class SVM, Random Forest, regression, Species Distribution Modeling
- Frontend and apps: Next.js, React, React Native, PyQt5
- DevOps: Docker, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket
- Mathematics: linear algebra, calculus, fuzzy mathematics, data structures and algorithms

## Links
- [Portfolio](https://mehrazrumman.github.io/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/MehrazRumman)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehraz-rumman/)
- [Medium](https://medium.com/@MehrazHossainRumman)
- [Codeforces](https://codeforces.com/profile/Izuku__Midoriya)
- [CodeChef](https://www.codechef.com/users/keai33)
- [Fiverr](https://www.fiverr.com/pythonmaestro07)
- [Upwork](https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~0183c2a0c4b50eb969)